Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

acmeism

/ˈæk.miː.ɪz.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: acmeism
IPA: /ˈæk.miː.ɪz.əm/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A literary movement in early twentieth-century Russia, reacting against symbolism and concerned with greater immediacy in poetic language.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A manifestation of Russian modernism that comprised those who had “overcome” symbolism, acmeism represents a facet of 20th-century Russian literature without a direct predecessor in Europe."

Etymology

From Russian акмеи́зм (akmeízm), from Ancient Greek.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: акмеи́зм, -

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

Acmeist

Questions

How do you pronounce acmeism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæk.miː.ɪz.əm/.
What does acmeism mean?: A literary movement in early twentieth-century Russia, reacting against symbolism and concerned with greater immediacy in poetic language.
Where does acmeism come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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